Domestic violence is a major cause of homelessness for women in the United States.

In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published data collected in 2005 that finds that women experience two million injuries from intimate partner violence each year. Family Violence Prevention Fund

15.5 million children in the United States live in families in which partner violence occurred at least once in the past year, and seven million children live in families in which severe partner violence occurred. Family Violence Prevention Fund

Empowerhouse serves over 2,400 people, on average, each year.

Area law enforcement agencies serving the Fredericksburg region including Stafford, King George, Caroline, and Spotsylvania, respond to over 6,400 domestic related calls on average, per year.